Chinese build 57-storey skyscraper in 19 days – timelapse video

A Chinese development company builds a 57-storey tower in a record 19 days in Changsha, Hunan Province in southern China. The video shows a Mini Sky City skyscraper built at a brick-by-brick rate of three full levels per day. To see more videos from the Broad Group visit its
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